{"id":51877,"date":"2021-10-05T16:12:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T05:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tst-www.wesleymission.org.au\/?post_type=careers&#038;p=51877"},"modified":"2022-09-15T16:19:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T06:19:59","slug":"wesley-aunties-uncles-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"careers","link":"https:\/\/www.wesleymission.org.au\/careers-and-volunteering\/wesley-aunties-uncles-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Aunties &#038; Uncles Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Location:&nbsp;<\/strong>See below<\/li><li><strong>Type of work:&nbsp;<\/strong>Companionship &amp; Social Support<\/li><li><strong>Commitment:&nbsp;<\/strong>Regular &#8211; more than 6 months<\/li><li><strong>Time required:&nbsp;<\/strong>Once a month<strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Training:<\/strong>&nbsp;Training prior to commencement of volunteer service<\/li><\/ul><p>Wesley Aunties &amp; Uncles is an early intervention mentoring program in Sydney and the Central Coast where \u2018aunts and uncles\u2019 provide children up to 12 years old with mentoring, care, and guidance in a stable family environment.<\/p><p>Children in the Wesley Aunties &amp; Uncles program spend one day or weekend a month with their mentors, participating in a range of weekend activities that help develop their social and life skills. All volunteer mentors undergo extensive child protection screening.<\/p><p>Wesley Aunties and Uncles are required to see their linked child for one day per month on the weekend or perhaps during school holidays. After six months this may increase to one overnight stay per month provided the volunteer has a spare bedroom and the child is happy to stay over.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Essential Criteria<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be over 21 years<\/li><li>Attend training<\/li><li>Complete a National Criminal Record History Check and Working with Children Check<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Desirable criteria<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Current unrestricted driver\u2019s licence<\/li><li>Physically fit<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>providing positive role modelling<\/li><li>engaging a young person&#8217;s social and recreational skills<\/li><li>offering emotional and practical support<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Locations<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Avoca Beach NSW<\/li><li>Ballina NSW<\/li><li>Billinudgel NSW<\/li><li>Blue Haven NSW<\/li><li>Brunswick Heads NSW<\/li><li>Budgewoi NSW<\/li><li>Byron Bay NSW<\/li><li>Cessnock NSW<\/li><li>Erina NSW<\/li><li>Goonellabah NSW<\/li><li>Hamlyn Terrace NSW<\/li><li>Hawkesbury NSW<\/li><li>Kempsey NSW<\/li><li>Kingscliff NSW<\/li><li>Kyogle NSW<\/li><li>Lake Munmorah NSW<\/li><li>Lismore NSW<\/li><li>Liverpool NSW<\/li><li>Mullumbimby NSW<\/li><li>Murwillumbah NSW<\/li><li>Muswellbrook (Maitland) NSW<\/li><li>Parramatta NSW<\/li><li>Penrith NSW<\/li><li>Raymond Terrace NSW<\/li><li>Terrigal NSW<\/li><li>The Entrance NSW<\/li><li>Tweed Heads NSW<\/li><li>Western Sydney NSW<\/li><li>Wingham NSW<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":true},"type-of-opportunity":[710],"location":[],"opportunity-category":[],"class_list":["post-51877","careers","type-careers","status-publish","hentry","type-of-opportunity-volunteer"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-01-02 09:34:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"private","terms":[],"taxonomy":"type-of-opportunity"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleymission.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/careers\/51877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleymission.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/careers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleymission.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/careers"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleymission.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"type-of-opportunity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleymission.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-of-opportunity?post=51877"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleymission.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=51877"},{"taxonomy":"opportunity-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wesleymission.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opportunity-category?post=51877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}